Bridgeport's Socialist New Deal, 1915-36

by Cecelia Bucki

Book Overview

In November 1933, the Socialist Party of Bridgeport, Connecticut put slate roofer Jasper McLevy in the mayor's seat and nearly won control of the city council. Cecelia Bucki explores how labor gained first a foothold and then a stronghold in local politics as broad debates pitted previously unengaged working-class citizens against local business leaders and traditional party elites.

In the heat of the Great Depression, the skilled union...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025202687X
• ISBN13: 9780252026874
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"